vi.1: A Culture of Fear

“… she quickly gained respect as an expert in child abuse, though she had no appreciable expertise in psychological evaluation.”
Nathan, Debbie and Snedeker, Michael. Satan’s Silence. New York: BasicBooks, 1995.

“… during which they were fondled, photographed in the nude, and raped by teachers, including Buckey.”
Associated Press, “Los Angeles Pressing Inquiry Into Sexual Abuse of Children.” The New York Times, April 1984.

“… until they finally pointed to the genitals.”
Nathan, Debbie and Snedeker, Michael. Satan’s Silence. New York: BasicBooks, 1995.

“…out of 400 interviews with current and former students, 360 led to allegations of sexual abuse.”
Gorney, Cynthia. “The Terrible Puzzle of McMartin Preschool; In California, the Long-Running Trial of a Baffling Child Molestation Case.” The Washington Post, May 1988.

“… on seventy-two counts of child abuse and molestation.”
Stewart, Sally Ann. “Preschool Case Leaves a Mark.” USA Today, July 1990.

“…after over a hundred people had already been convicted.”
Nathan, Debbie. “Justice in Wenatchee.” The New York Times, December 1995.

vi.2: Losing Touch with Reality

“… in California in May 2005 there were 10,297 inmates in some form of disciplinary confinement—6.3 percent of the state’s prison population.”
Thornton, Terry. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, interview by Colin Dabkowski, July 2005.

“…in New York, between 1991 and 1996 roughly 10 percent of inmates spent time in some form of solitary confinement.”
Elbert Welch v. George Bartlett, 196 F.3d 389 (2nd Cir., 1999).

“…perceptual distortions and hallucinations, anxiety, acute confusional states, violent or self-destructive outbursts, hyper-responsivity to stimuli, difficulties with thinking, concentration, and memory, overt paranoia, and panic attacks.”
Correctional Association of New York. Lockdown New York: Disciplinary Confinement in New York State Prisons, 2005.

“…more than half of New York’s prison suicides between 1998 and 2001 occurred in disciplinary lockdown, a severely restrictive type of isolation.”
Correctional Association of New York. Lockdown New York: Disciplinary Confinement in New York State Prisons, 2005.

vi.3: Lessons Not Learned

“After ten years of litigation… 1,400-page report with more than eighty recommended reforms.”
King, Jack. “The Ordeal of Guy Paul Morin: Canada Copes With Systemic Injustice.” Champion Magazine. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, August 1998.